SpaceX 近期 Starship 測試飛行遭遇一連串嚴峻挑戰，首當其衝的是一艙門未能完全啟閉，連帶造成模擬酬載物部署受阻；繼之，飛行器姿態失穩，陷入非受控自旋，終局則是在印度洋完成一次非計畫性硬著陸。事後確認，該飛行器歷經一次「迅疾性非計畫解體」（Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, RUD），委婉而言，即為爆炸性解體。

Notwithstanding this setback, CEO Elon Musk underscored the incremental advancements made relative to the two preceding demonstrations, concurrently pledging an accelerated launch cadence. A salient feature of this test flight was the inaugural utilization of a recovered booster, albeit one that ultimately fragmented and impacted the Gulf of Mexico. Attributable to anomalous behavior and a loss of telemetry, the primary objective of the flight—namely, the validation of the spacecraft's thermal protection system during controlled atmospheric re-entry—remained unrealized. These iterative trials are of paramount importance to NASA's Artemis program, predicated on leveraging Starship for crewed lunar sorties.